Atlas of Battles

commander, 11 engagements

Battles of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

Battles of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

English soldier and statesman (1650-1722)

John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough is recorded as a commander at 11 placed engagements in the atlas between 1673 and 1709: 6 battles and 5 sieges across 6 present-day countries, most in Belgium (5), France (2), Netherlands (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 4,189 km apart end to end, 419 km between engagements on average. Most belong to War of the Spanish Succession (6), Franco-Dutch War (1), Nine Years' War (1).

Battle of SedgemoorBattle of WalcourtSiege of CorkBattle of ElixheimSiege of GhentSiege of TournaiSiege of MaastrichtBattle of BlenheimBattle of RamilliesBattle of OudenardeSiege of LilleSiege of MaastrichtBattle of BlenheimBattle of RamilliesBattle of OudenardeSiege of LilleGenevaAmsterdamMilanFrankfurtHamburgMunichZürichDublinLyonBirmingham500 km50.273N, 1.063E
11 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1673: 1 engagements1685: 1 engagements1689: 1 engagements1690: 1 engagements1704: 1 engagements1705: 1 engagements1706: 1 engagements1708: 3 engagements3 in 17081709: 1 engagements16731709
11 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Maastricht, 1673Battle of Sedgemoor, 1685Battle of Walcourt, 1689Siege of Cork, 1690Battle of Blenheim, 1704Battle of Elixheim, 1705Battle of Ramillies, 1706Battle of Oudenarde, 1708Siege of Lille, 1708Siege of Ghent, 1708Siege of Tournai, 170916731709
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 4

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1673Siege of MaastrichtMaastricht, NetherlandsAnglo-French victory
6 July 1685Battle of SedgemoorBridgwater, United Kingdom603 km WRoyal victory
25 August 1689Battle of WalcourtWalcourt, Belgium526 km EAllied victory
September 1690Siege of CorkCork, Ireland918 km WWilliamite victory
13 August 1704Battle of BlenheimBlindheim, Germany1,398 km EGrand Alliance victory
18 July 1705Battle of ElixheimEliksem, Belgium467 km NWAnglo-Dutch victory
23 May 1706Battle of RamilliesRamillies, Belgium18 km SAnglo-Dutch victory
11 July 1708Battle of OudenardeOudenaarde, Belgium95 km WAnglo-Dutch victory
12 August 1708Siege of LilleLille, France44 km SWGrand Alliance victory
18 December 1708Siege of GhentGhent, Belgium66 km NEGrand Alliance victory
28 June 1709Siege of TournaiTournai, France55 km SWGrand Alliance victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Attributed to Michael Dahl, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.